Information for record number MWA3258:
Site of Whitemoor Brickworks, Farmer Ward Road

Summary The site of the Whitemoor Brickworks, which were marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1923. The Brickworks was of Imperial and modern date. The site is now under housing and grass. The site is north of Lime Grove in Kenilworth.
What Is It?  
Type: Brickworks
Period: Imperial - Modern (1751 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Kenilworth
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 29 71
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 In 1870's, Walter Lockhart was brick-maker here and was succeeded by Henry Hawkes. The pit reached a depth of over 100 foot and in 1920's employed at least two women.
2 It is noted on the 1923 OS map.
3 Nothing more was found about it. Now the site lies half under a modern housing estate and half under grass.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: KHAS
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Map
Title: Map 1923
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1923
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 10560
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Thompson D J
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 3599
   
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source SMR Card Sites and Monuments Record Card. The Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record began to be developed during the 1970s. The details of individual archaeological sites and findspots were written on record cards. These record cards were used until the 1990s, when their details were entered on to a computerised system. The record cards are still kept at the office of the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument BRICKWORKS * An industrial manufacturing complex producing bricks. back
monument HOUSING ESTATE * A residential district planned as a unit. back
monument PIT * A hole or cavity in the ground, either natural or the result of excavation. Use more specific type where known. back

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

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